Confessed_by: Brian in OttawaMy_Misheard_Lyric: A friend was sitting beside me during a Prine concert while he is singing Flag Decal and she asks me...What is Prines problem with Dylan and I do not know what she is talking about so I ask her after the song is over and she thought the lyric was
Jesus dont like Dylan

Actual_Lyric: Jesus don't like killingConfessed_by: NormMy_Misheard_Lyric: Wondering how a man could send a child actor to visit in the land of the windshield factoryActual_Lyric: Wondering how a man could send a child actor to visit in the land of the windchill factor

Confessed_by: Len of ArmucheeMy_Misheard_Lyric: Shotgun Willie Nelson said "Do you want to take a ride"Actual_Lyric: Shotgun man leaned out and said "Do you want to take a ride" (on Pink Cadillac to Down By The Side Of The Road)

Confessed_by: PMSred My_Misheard_Lyric: Yeah I shook my head and I made myself a betActual_Lyric: Yeah I shook my hand and I made myself a bet, Lyrics to HOW LUCKY from Pink Cadillac album - oops they have been wrong for years - sorry

Confessed_by: ghbnMy_Misheard_Lyric: its a half of inch of water

Actual_Lyric: its a half a inch of water and you think youre gonna drown (That's The Way That The World Goes Round)

Confessed_by: Dan BishopMy_Misheard_Lyric I heard sirens on the train track, Hal naked gettin neutered
Actual_Lyric: I heard sirens on the train track, hollow naked gettin nuder
... from the song Chain of Sorrow

Confessed_by: KCMy_Misheard_Lyric Its a happenin in ChiladaActual_Lyric: Half and inch of water

Confessed_by: TomMy_Misheard_Lyric I could be happy as a sardine in a can ... Just as long as I die an Iowa manActual_Lyric: I could be happy as a sardine in a can ... Just as long as I got my woman

Confessed_by: Bubbah

My_Misheard_Lyric Do baked beans suit your mood

Actual_Lyric: To better suit your mood

Confessed_by: BillyMy_Misheard_Lyric My sister always thought is was
Well Im sorry my son but youre too bleedin nasty
John got a kick out of it when I told this to him after a recent concert

Actual_Lyric: Well Im sorry my son but youre too late in askin
Paradise

Confessed_by: OCTAVIOMy_Misheard_Lyric RODENTS BEWARE:
I CAUGHT A MOUSIE ON THE PLANE...Actual_Lyric: I CAUGHT AN AISLE-SEAT ON THE PLANE

Confessed_by: chabolingus
My_Misheard_Lyric urinate in every pew
Actual_Lyric: hearing aids in every pew

Confessed_by: maximus My_Misheard_Lyric We ll whistle and go fishing in The YemenActual_Lyric: We ll whistle and go fishing in Heaven

Confessed_by: Heliosity My_Misheard_Lyric "And raped by a mental r tee" which I thought was some slang for "retard"Actual_Lyric: and raped my a minority" The Accident

Confessed_by: Dave M

My_Misheard_Lyric Mama get all your pointers here
Far across the sea
Waiting for that Italian poet
That burns inside of me
And I feel a stone
All wet and warm
Bout ten miles away
Approaching
My Nantucket home.Actual_Lyric: Mama dear
Your boy is here
Far across the sea
Waiting for
That sacred core
That burns inside of me
And I feel a storm
All wet and warm
Not ten miles away
Approaching
My Mexican home.

Confessed_by: John TMy_Misheard_Lyric "Blue Ivy Lane" When I first bought SSFAP, I just popped it in the cd player in my car without looking at the listing on the back.Actual_Lyric: "Blue Eyed Elaine"

Confessed_by: AllanMy_Misheard_Lyric old trees just grow stronger

Actual_Lyric: oak trees just grow stronger

Confessed_by: Jessica McvMy_Misheard_Lyric Its a happening Chihuahua ....Actual_Lyric: Its a half in of water

Confessed_by: Matt HillMy_Misheard_Lyric I heard sirens on the train tracks like a cat getting neuteredActual_Lyric: I heard sirens on the train track howl naked getting nuder

Confessed_by: SemperParatus

My_Misheard_Lyric I have never been able to decipher the first line of Chinatown, no matter how many times I hear it.

Actual_Lyric "well, the moon is yellow and the people are too"

Confessed_by: SemperParatus

My_Misheard_Lyric head lice raised to the corner of the kitchen wall

Actual_Lyric: "head lights"

Confessed_by: Sue Chew

My_Misheard_Lyric Jehosaphat, the model cat, jumped off the roof today

Actual_Lyric: Jehosaphat, the mongrel cat ...

Confessed_by: Sandy Ragsdale

My_Misheard_Lyric Glokenschpiel

Actual_Lyric: Clocks and Spoons

Confessed_by: STILL SMILLINMy_Misheard_LyricGRANDPA WAS A CARPENTER PUT A LEVEL ON A LEVELActual_Lyric: He
was level on the level and shaved even every door - voted for Eisenhower cause
Lincoln won the war.

Confessed_by: KevintheCeltMy_Misheard_LyricFull bowl salad in an empty roomActual_Lyric:Full blown silence in an empty room. Either make as much sense and at least you can eat the salad. New Train

Confessed_by: BrimleyMy_Misheard_LyricWilford B forgive us if we both turn blueActual_Lyric:We ll forgive each other till we both turn blue

Confessed_by: Thats the Way That The world Goes RoundMy_Misheard_LyricHalf an enchilada and you think your gonna drownActual_Lyric:half an inch of water and you think your gonna drown

Confessed_by: Nathan SmithMy_Misheard_LyricAlmost technically not "misheard" cause phonetically they sound the same, cept for the "d" on the word "and"...
"Raisin beams of incredible dreams" - like the sunshine logo on the little red boxes of raisins...from "Quiet Man".Actual_Lyric:"Rays and beams of incredible dreams"

Confessed_by: Chris LindquistMy_Misheard_Lyricgrenades in every pewActual_Lyric:hearing aids in every pew

Confessed_by: JamieMy_Misheard_LyricI ve been thinking lately about the people I meet, the car wash on the corner and the whore in the street.Actual_Lyric:I ve been thinking lately about the people I meet, the car wash on the corner and the hole in the street

Confessed_by:
ThomMy_Misheard_Lyric: He lost all his marbles on a baseball game
Another win in reliefActual_Lyric: He lost all his marbles at a baseball game
And they went on Relief.

Confessed_by: BKMy_Misheard_Lyricmy little brother had names thrown at him and fights for things that aint rightActual_Lyric:id rather have names thrown at me ..than to fight for a thing that aint right. from the great compromise

Confessed_by: Chris HiltzMy_Misheard_LyricGrandpa was a carpenter "...Urinate in every pew..."Actual_Lyric:Hearing aid in every pew

Confessed_by: Troy
My_Misheard_Lyrica;
"We made love
In everyway love can be made"Actual_Lyric:Still trying to find the actual lyrics. The ones above simply leave too much to the imagination.
(*note: Troy, those are the actual lyrics to the song - the rest IS left up
to your imagination)

Confessed_by: Liza Sims, in love with JP since 1977, Anchorage AKMy_Misheard_Lyricin "grandpa was a carpenter":
"....a hairy maid in every pew"Actual_Lyric:hearing aid in every pew

Confessed_by: Cousin JohnMy_Misheard_LyricI got some friends in Albuquerque
Where the governor calls me "cuz"Actual_Lyric:I got some friends in Albuquerque
Where the governor calls me "Gov"

Confessed_by: Earl MattMy_Misheard_LyricNow you don't have to sympathize or condone what they may do...........Actual_Lyric:Now you don't have to sympathize or care what they may do....... sorta close, hmmm

Confessed_by: peter mMy_Misheard_Lyric"heard Little Richard singin' to the kiddies from the top of a telephone pole"
and thought it was "heard Little Richard singin' Piccadillies from the top of a telephone pole"
Actual_Lyric: "Heard Little Richard singing "Tootie Fruitie" from the top of a telephone pole"

Confessed_by: Mary ArehartMy_Misheard_LyricI misheard the misheard... I thought that for all these years John was saying Half an enchilada when he explains about the woman who misunderstood the lyrics.Actual_Lyric:happy enchilada ( half an inch of water)

Confessed_by: SwearsLikeaSailorMy_Misheard_Lyric"I come home from work this evenin' , there was a note in the fryin' pan, it said fix your own supper babe, I run off with the toilet brush man." I'm thinkin the whole time I'm singing though, of all the brush guys you could run off with and you pick the toilet one?
Actual_Lyric: Same as above except that toilet is Fuller.

Confessed_by: prettygoodnotbadicantcomplainMy_Misheard_Lyricyou'll rock out the stoneActual_Lyric:through rock and through stone

"Confessed_by: GeoffMy_Misheard_Lyric"I could be as happy as a sardine in a can...
Long as I got ... my Iowa man" etc.Actual_Lyric:"I could be as happy as a sardine in a can...
Long as I got ... my woman" etc.

Confessed_by: GeoffMy_Misheard_Lyric"Someday you'll own a home thatsa big-ass house"Actual_Lyric:"Someday you'll own a home that's as big as a house" - From "It's a Big Old Goofy World"

Confessed_by: B. Smith
My_Misheard_Lyric "I got stuck in the ice, without my clothes, naked as the ass of a clam" - Thats the Way That the World Goes 'Round
Actual_Lyric " I got stuck in the ice, without my clothes, naked as the eyes of a clown"

My_Misheard_Lyric
"Rain fell down on ah tendrels ....."
Actual_Lyric "Rain fell down on a tin roof..."

Confessed_by: ChristineMy_Misheard_Lyric4 blonde salads
(I thought "Four blonde salads" was "four tossed salads" -
made some sort of sense)Actual_Lyric:"Full blown silence" - am I the only one to get it worng TWICE!

Confessed_by: FellmamaMy_Misheard_LyricAn Alta boy's been hit by a local commuter (I thought it was a locational reference I didn't get . . .)Actual_Lyric:An altar boy's been hit by a local commuter

Confessed_by: Angry TommyMy_Misheard_Lyric
All my friends are not dead, only in
jail
Actual_Lyric All my friends are not dead, or in jail. - Sweet Revenge

Confessed_by: Alex LindquistMy_Misheard_Lyric I caught a mousie on a planeActual_Lyric I caught an aisle seat on the plane

Confessed_by: Calamity JoanieMy_Misheard_Lyric my ex-husband's cousin Donny (an older feller with Harley Davidson
tattooed on his chin) would sing along at the top of his voice to "Flashback Blues"----"...rocks in my pockets and TURDS in my shoes!"Actual_Lyric "...rocks in my pockets and dirt in my shoes."

Confessed_by: SiobhanMy_Misheard_Lyric
"you get
mesmerized by alibis"
Actual_Lyric "you get mesmerized by lullabies" common sense (this one's on this page quite a few times)
webmistress
note: in the Common Sense CD liner notes it is sung both ways in the song -
lullabies and alibis

Confessed_by: SiobhanMy_Misheard_Lyric
"rolling aimlessly along"
Actual_Lyric "ruling endlessly along"-the hobo song (apparently this was misheard a lot, because it's written in on the lyrics on one CD, but no others)

Confessed_by:
Royal SeaMy_Misheard_LyricDrinks his beer like it's sausagen????Actual_Lyric:Drinks his beer like it's
oxygen :)

Confessed_by: Royal SeaMy_Misheard_Lyric Sounds like turtle salad was the only friend I hadActual_Lyric Sounds like total silence was the only friend I had

Confessed_by: Prined
My_Misheard_Lyric God Bless This Kitchen, Said the MicMac Shelf
Actual_Lyric God Bless This Kitchen, Said the Knick-Knack Shelf

Confessed_by: Donald T. aka Freemont FriendMy_Misheard_Lyric Not from the original album but a later one "it's a half an inch of lotta"
Actual_Lyric "It's a half an inch of water"

Confessed_by: Lauren P.
My_Misheard_Lyric I was about to write mine.......and jeepers, if it isn't right on this page.....only it's not "Happy Enchilada"....I thought it was "happenin' Chihuahua, out on the town"
Actual_Lyric Half and inch of water and you think you're gonna drown....luckily my dad caught me on that one.

Confessed_by: Amuse
o'Shytt.......[email protected]My_Misheard_Lyric My nephew Davie used to sing out "the deaf can take both of my ears if they don't MIDASIZE" ( buy a muffler from Midas Muffler, a popular radio commercial at the time.Amuse)
Actual_Lyric "The deaf can take both of my ears if they don't mind the size."

Confessed_by: RickMy_Misheard_Lyric Hal naked, gettin' neutered...and altar boys bent it by a local commuter... (were they putting pennies on the track to be mutilated by the train? And what did they do to poor Hal??!)
Actual_Lyric Howl naked, gettin' nuder; an altar boy's been hit by...

Confessed_by: RickMy_Misheard_Lyric Naked as the eyes of a clam (I must admit I wondered where clams' eyes were!)Actual_Lyric Naked as the eyes of a clown

Confessed_by: MarcoMy_Misheard_LyricMy five year old daughter, Tina (now 34), thought and sang, "Raked by an M or a T." To the chorus of "The Accident" I couldn't bring myself to explain this one to her so we let her go on. She eventually figured it out on her own and is still a huge J.P. fan like her ol man.Actual_Lyric:From the chorus of "The Accident" They don't know how lucky they are. They could have run into a tree, got struck by a bolt of lighting or raped by a minority.

Confessed_by:
MrNaturalMy_Misheard_Lyric: The sins of Monte CristoActual_Lyric: The sins of Memphisto

Confessed_by: Chris PelfreyMy_Misheard_Lyric: While the men on the hill sit perfectly still.Actual_Lyric: "While the mentally ill sit perfectly still" from 'The Late John Garfield Blues'

Confessed_by:
Jim MItchellMy_Misheard_Lyric: If her legs were commercials, we'd all be on TV.Actual_Lyric: If heartaches were commercials, we'd all be on TV.

Confessed_by:
RitersMy_Misheard_LyricLinda fell on Franklin street and the lamp post falled her brokeActual_Lyric: Midnight fell on Franklin street and the lamp post bulbs were broke

Confessed_by:
just me, ~ Ima PrinefanMy_Misheard_Lyric"A Hot Fiddle Zone" (- mondegreen - prinestutter it's all the same to me)
-I was playing it tonight, and realized I was singing the wrong lyrics, even when I knew better... it made me giggle Actual_Lyric:"A Hos-Pit-Al Zone" (Automobile - Pink Cadillac)

Confessed_by:
cheers from New Zild, Sieffe
My_Misheard_Lyric: Not a misheard song . . but a word you need to know!
The word is "Mondegreen"
This is the word which describes a misheard (and repeated in public by some of you I see, to your dying shame!! ho
ho) set of lyrics and comes from the classic case of the song which went "And they have killed the Lord and Lady Mondegreen . . . " very sad but in fact the good woman was not harmed at all . . . .Actual_Lyric:the real words are: "And they have killed the Lord and laid him on the green (grass area in the village)" . . here is the definition you kind people needed. Look it up on the net .. it's all true! Keep up the good work . .Lord should be Earl of Moray of course . . . memory served me not so well as some of you will understand ....

Confessed_by:
Ian JMy_Misheard_Lyric"Wanna drive my all American meal" from Automobile
Actual_Lyric : "wanna drive it all around this world"

Confessed_by:
webmistress of Prine in the Lyrics section (but not anymore, thanks Mary Coburn for finding the goof)My_Misheard_Lyric There's a pantry in a windowActual_Lyric: It's "There's a pine tree in a window", from A John Prine Christmas - "Silent Night All Day Long",

Confessed_by:
ElizabethMy_Misheard_Lyric "Now you don't have to sympathize, Ol' Carl, what they may do..." (From "Everybody")Actual_Lyric:"Now you don't have to sympathize or care what they may do..."

Confessed_by:
ElizabethMy_Misheard_Lyric"Stained glass in every window/Hairy heads in every pew" ("heads" has to be sung with the right
twang so that it sounds like "haids")Actual_Lyric:"...hearing aids in every pew..."

Confessed_by:
eric hartleyMy_Misheard_Lyric made me feel like the
f**ckin recorderActual_Lyric: made me feel like the buck and a quarter

Confessed_by:
ChrisMy_Misheard_Lyric From Grandpa was a carpenter: "...stained glass in every window, hear an Angel in every pew..."
Actual_Lyric: "...hearing aid in every pew..."

Confessed_by: L. PattersonMy_Misheard_Lyric The deaf can take both of my ears, if they don't midas-size.Actual_Lyric: The deaf can take both of my ears, if they don't mind the size. (Please don't bury me)

Confessed_by: L. PattersonMy_Misheard_LyricSt. Peter on every doorActual_Lyric:Shaved even every door (Grandpa was a Carpenter)

Confessed_by: Reg FerisMy_Misheard_LyricMy wife is still convinced that John sings "We'll whistle and go fishing in Yemmen" - why the Middle East I ask?Actual_Lyric:"We'll whistle and go fishing in Heaven" (Fish and Whistle)

Confessed_by: BlueyesMy_Misheard_Lyric Every day has a way of overflowing wineActual_Lyric: Every day has a way of overflowing one

Confessed_by: BrenRawlingsMy_Misheard_LyricCook your own dinner, Babe, I've run off with the foot brush man.Actual_Lyric: ...I've run off with the Fuller Brush man.
{Still sounds like 'foot brush man' to me}

Confessed_by: BrenRawlings My_Misheard_Lyric Whiskey and ___?____ both taste the same, during the time they go down.
{It only makes sense to me that it be 'pain', but then again...maybe it's
'fame'?Actual_Lyric: Whiskey and pain...both taste the same, during the time they go down.
-The Torch Singer

Confessed_by: TexieMy_Misheard_Lyric "When the one-armed tattoo, was the first to be untrue..."Actual_Lyric: "When the one I'm tied to, was the first to be untrue..." Back Street Affair

Confessed_by: Zayne ReevesMy_Misheard_Lyric From Back Street Affair: For the one armed tattoo was the first to prove untrueActual_Lyric: For the one I'm tied too was the first to prove untrue. Boy, was MY face red after that one!

Confessed_by:My_Misheard_Lyric"...mesmerized by Elvis eyes, and limbo dancin' bears..." or sometimes I 'corrected' myself to "...mesmerized by alibis..."Actual_Lyric: "...mesmerized by lullabies and limbo danced in pairs..."

Confessed_by: RhiannonStoneMy_Misheard_Lyric Not really a misheard lyric, but for years I figured that "jokes about bicycle spokes and red balloons" had some naughty adult meaning that my innocent (ha!) child's mind couldn't grasp, and that one day, I'd get it. I'm older and a lot less innocent these days, and I still don't get it, so I guess it's just a wholesome lyric after all. ;)Actual_Lyric: "Drove my English teacher half insane/Makin' up jokes about bicycle spokes and red balloons...

Confessed_by: Capt DaveMy_Misheard_Lyric The men of the Elk sit perfectly stillActual_Lyric: While the mentally ill sit perfectly still

Confessed_by: soapfiendMy_Misheard_Lyric Sam Stone. I first heard this song when I was about 10 or 11 and I always thought this song was about a man who'd had his arm blown off in the war in Vietnam. All the money went for medical expenses incurred as a result.Actual_Lyric:There is a hole in Daddy's arm, where all the money goes.

Confessed_by: Troy JohnsonMy_Misheard_Lyric: It's a crooked pizza pan that we live inActual_Lyric: It's a crooked piece of time that we live in

Confessed_by: Kim HoggMy_Misheard_Lyric: urinate in every pew.Actual_Lyric: hearing aids in every pew

Confessed_by: Danny MurphyMy_Misheard_Lyric: My 7 year old son wanted to why "...they all found cheeses on their own"Actual_Lyric: "They all found Jesus on their own."

Confessed_by: thesportswriterMy_Misheard_Lyric: "We're all driving rocket ships, and talking with our minds, wearing turquoise toolery..." From Living in the Future -- I wondered what "toolery" was.Actual_Lyric: "...wearing turquoise jewelry." (It's confusing because he pronounces it jewlery).

Confessed_by: rnlssMy_Misheard_Lyric: Me, too, "Urinate in every pew...", (whew!) Defecate in both my ears is news to me. Prine fan, 25 years now.Actual_Lyric : "Hearin' aid in every pew", and, "Deaf can take both my ears..."

Confessed_by: JCMy_Misheard_LyricI caught a Nazi on a plane....

Actual_Lyric: I caught an aisle seat on a plane...

Confessed_by: Clinton
My_Misheard_Lyric: Raisin' beans on incredible dreams (well, I am an organic gardener!). From Quiet Man. And I still don't know what the song's about (see guestbook).
Actual_Lyric: Rays and beams of incredible dreams...

Confessed_by: Amanda-Betha
My_Misheard_Lyric: 6,700,033 LIFE SONGS, you think someone could sit down and listen to the words of my song.
Actual_Lyric: 6,700,033 LIGHTS ON, you think someone could sit down and listen to the words of my song.

Confessed_by: TeriMy_Misheard_Lyric"Your flabby cow won't get you into heaven anymore" I did not really think one would but he was a poet so I looked for deeper meaningActual_Lyric:your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore

Confessed_by: R. VOSHELMy_Misheard_Lyriclyrics to sweet revenge are actually i got kicked off of
Noah's ark I turned my cheek to one kind remark. that's why he got kicked off. not
I turned my cheek to unkind remarks.Actual_Lyric:I can see how it could be mistaken for the other though.

Confessed_by: Thomas L. Cook Jr, (T.C.)My_Misheard_Lyric Went to meetings on Tuesdays,' Cause liquor won the war!Actual_Lyric: Voted for Eisenhower,' Cause Lincoln won the war

Confessed_by: 3 1/2 year old StuartMy_Misheard_Lyric: she tried to milk a cow with a snow machineActual_Lyric: trading in the cow for a singer sewing machine. (Grandpa was a Carpenter)

Confessed_by: J. GarfieldMy_Misheard_LyricIt'll take all the boobs in the world to forget you!!Actual_Lyric: It'll take all the booze in the world to forget you

Confessed_by: it's Garfield again!!!My_Misheard_Lyric: How foolish I thought the same twoActual_Lyric:How foolish I thought the same too

Confessed_by: John GarfieldMy_Misheard_Lyric: Joana got into the belly of a whaleActual_Lyric: Jonah got onto the belly of a whale

Confessed_by: John GarfieldMy_Misheard_Lyric: I bumped into the sailor and he said pardon meActual_Lyric:I bumped into the savior and he said pardon me (well he was talking about sailin' wasn't he?)

Confessed_by: John GarfieldMy_Misheard_LyricAloha old Milwaukee, hello were kinkyActual_Lyric:hello WAKKIKI (well, he said they were talking dirty)

Confessed_by: John GarfieldMy_Misheard_Lyric: there was a time when laundry men would wander through this landActual_Lyric: there was a time when lonely men would wander through this land

Confessed_by: John GarfieldMy_Misheard_Lyricwind blown shards, of toffee melon barsActual_Lyric:wind blown scarves in top down cars. My smile was probably a little bit to illegal that night!!!

Confessed_by: John GarfieldMy_Misheard_Lyric standing in soufflé'Actual_Lyric:standing in soup lines

Confessed_by: sean o'neillMy_Misheard_Lyric Donald and Lydia "behind her small eyes - sunk deep in her BED - she read romance magazines up in her roomActual_Lyric:according to lyrics on site
sunk deep in her FAT. either makes sense but I prefer bed as it's less offensive and pulls you into the next line

Confessed_by: 26years o'Prine andnotalyricwrongyetMy_Misheard_LyricSome of these misheard lyrics are truly incredible! Even so, they're quite fun to read. But how they come up with them... I have a few suggestions for those struggling: (enjoy)Actual_Lyric:4) Listen before singing along
3) Get better equipment
2) Have "common sense" - his lyrics really do make good sense ("happy enchilada" in a bathtub, come on)
1) Last but not least - read the liner notes! Many of the "misheard" lyrics are actually printed on the albums. Now, see if you can find the inaccuracies on the albums for extra credit :)

Confessed_by: Pete WilliamsMy_Misheard_LyricChristmas In Prison; Second verse, " all picnic'ed in the rain at a truck drivers fair"Actual_Lyric:"or a picnic in the rain after a prairie fire" (actually sang this song many times in front of a lot of people with my guitar) boy is my face red.....

Confessed_by: gin simsMy_Misheard_Lyricwhen my friend Becky rides in my car, I always have john playing on tape. She loves his music now and is turning into a "Priner". Yesterday
I had to tell her that "we merrily built the snowman" was a happy thought... BUT!!!!!Actual_Lyric:Humidity built the snowman.... (she had a good laugh at herself!!!! and still sings it "her" way!!!!!Then we both laugh!!!!

Confessed_by: Rhiannon StoneMy_Misheard_Lyric"Give my love the rose" (I had no freaking clue what the heck "the rose" was supposed to be!)Actual_Lyric:"Give my love to Rose"

Confessed_by: Rhiannon StoneMy_Misheard_LyricThe very first Prine song I heard was "Souvenirs," when I was about 12 years old and had no clue who he was. I could have SWORN he was singing,
"Mammaries, they can't be boughten"
and I thought it was just the funniest thing I'd ever heard. Now, "Souvenirs" is my favorite Prine song, with the REAL lyrics...Actual_Lyric:"Memories, they can't be boughten"

Confessed_by: Paul GillettMy_Misheard_LyricFor if her legs were commercials We'd all be on T.V. (me and my dirty mind!)Actual_Lyric:For if heartaches were commercials
We'd all be on T.V.

Confessed_by: Paul GillettMy_Misheard_Lyricso many time of the memories of warActual_Lyric:So many times that my memories are worn

Confessed_by: hank2hendrixMy_Misheard_LyricWell, I was young and horny and about to leave that placeActual_Lyric:Well I was young and hungry...

Confessed_by: LISA SCROGGINSMy_Misheard_Lyric'PUT A DINNER IN A BURNED OUT FUSE. I THOUGHT GRANDPA WAS SUCH AN AWESOME CARPENTER THAT HE COULD BUILD TV DINNERS
I WAS ENLIGHTENED THAT IT WAS A PENNY NOT A DINNER
LISA SCROGGINS LOVE YA JOHNActual_Lyric:PUT A PENNY IN A BURNED OUT FUSE

Confessed_by: kathy47My_Misheard_LyricMy granddaughter thought he was swearing.
There was a (BITCH) in Indiana, I was nine years old..heard little
Richard singing from the top of a telephone pole.Actual_Lyric:There was a beach in Indiana.

Confessed_by: gin simsMy_Misheard_LyricShe reminds me of a chess game, With someone I admire
Or a picnic in the rain, wrapped up 'round a fireActual_Lyric:Or a picnic in the rain, After a prairie fire... (I have been singing this wrong for years!!!! Glad
I finally know the right words...although, being wrapped up around a campfire (perhaps with a quilt with that someone that you admire, would be pretty darn nice!!!!)

Confessed_by: beercanchuckMy_Misheard_Lyricyou get mesmerized by lullabies,
and limbo dancing bears. (which I recall seeing late one night)Actual_Lyric:You get mesmerized by lullabies,
and limbo danced in pairs

Confessed_by: DorothyMy_Misheard_Lyricdaddy's gonna buy you a green cathedralActual_Lyric:daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to

Confessed_by: kydeadheadMy_Misheard_Lyric"Stained glass in every window, PURE MAID in every pew..." Having been raised in a Southern Baptist church, I naturally assumed all the maids in church would be pure.Actual_Lyric:"Stained glass in every window, hearing aid in every pew..."

Confessed_by: IndyPrineFanMy_Misheard_LyricIn "Grandpa Was A Carpenter"...
"Stained glass in every window, urinate in every pew"Actual_Lyric:Stained glass in every window, Hearing aids in every pew.

Confessed_by: RyderMy_Misheard_LyricWhiskey and fame both taste the same during the time they go down.Actual_Lyric:Whiskey and pain? both taste the same....

Confessed_by: LuvkatMy_Misheard_Lyric"I'll bet it's tomorrow morning by old Rocket Man's Time".....made sense, you know, time travel and the speed of light and all....never paid attention to the actual name of the song until some time later ;)Actual_Lyric:"I'll bet it's tomorrow morning by old Rocky Mountain Time"

Confessed_by: Lyla BridgesMy_Misheard_LyricLyla's a blessing, She's a delicatessen, since my name is Lyla. I was thrilled that he used my name in a song. WRONG.Actual_Lyric:Life is a blessing it's a delicatessen.

Confessed_by: Rob Kulbeth - HoustonMy_Misheard_Lyric"Darlene, can I be your middle man?"Actual_Lyric:"Darling, can I be your middle man?" (Middle Man)

Confessed_by: PrescottMy_Misheard_Lyric...found Mom and Dad in a home. I figured "they're old they're in a home. Makes perfect sense to me."Actual_Lyric:...Mom and Dad and home.

Confessed_by: Reg FerrisMy_Misheard_LyricWhile the men on the hill sit perfectly still Actual_Lyric:While the mentally ill sit perfectly still (The Late John Garfield Blues)

Confessed_by: bobby ragno jr.My_Misheard_Lyric"met a young fella on Franklin street, and the lamppost
bugs aglow."Actual_Lyric:"midnight fell on Franklin street, and the lamppost BULBS were
broke.(duh)

Confessed_by: K FischerMy_Misheard_LyricFeelin's are strange, especially in the countryActual_Lyric:Feelin's are strange, especially when they come true

Confessed_by: anne jMy_Misheard_LyricMy dumb old father thought it was eyes of a clam, and half an enchilada...Actual_Lyric:eyes of a clown, and half an inch of water (I discover this but he was to stupid to realize it)

Confessed_by: MGM FROM THE GPJPFCMy_Misheard_Lyric"a suburbanite cried with his friends by the light of the moonActual_Lyric:"I drank bourbon and cried with a friend by the light of the moon"

Confessed_by: WendyMy_Misheard_LyricThen we'll whistle and go fishing in The Ibin (I thought it was the name of a river)Actual_Lyric:Then we'll whistle and go fishing in heaven

Confessed_by: WendyMy_Misheard_Lyric...loved that woman to the power of a hat Actual_Lyric:...loved that woman to the power of a height (There She Goes)

Confessed_by: yorabMy_Misheard_LyricI sipped bourbon and cried while a friend bought a bottle of BooneActual_Lyric:I sipped bourbon and cried with a friend by the light of the moon

Confessed_by: AM's daddyMy_Misheard_Lyric"Knocks his old boss around the old golf course." I play golf with my boss and regularly beat him, so this sounded just fine to me.Actual_Lyric:"Knocks his old balls around the old golf course.

Confessed_by: jp1fan (now this is getting embarrassing)My_Misheard_Lyricyou were flippin' phoney chicken talkin' .....Actual_Lyric:you with flippin' for the check and talking like your tongue was paralyzed

Confessed_by: jp1fanMy_Misheard_Lyriclike a noise and you're dead end of lovin'Actual_Lyric:like a nun with her head in the oven

Confessed_by: zitimanMy_Misheard_Lyricpits hoppin' in the larder and you fling the booger downActual_Lyric:it's a half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown

Confessed_by: hollyMy_Misheard_Lyric"There's a hole in Daddy's arm where all the money goes" Now, I have been listening to this song since I was pretty young, and pictured some sort of Bionic Man with a cash box underneath the skin of his biceps, for
safe keeping, you know. My mother finally explained it to me years ago.Actual_Lyric:Now, I have been listening to this song since I was pretty young, and pictured some sort of Bionic Man with a cash box underneath the skin of his biceps, for
safe keeping, you know. My mother finally explained it to me years ago.

Confessed_by: sueMy_Misheard_LyricBarley malts and dozing does as in deer) and little girls are lively.
your liveliness has left me in a stewActual_Lyric: barley malts and does eat oats and little girls are lively.
your liveliness has left me in a brew.

Confessed_by: sisterkind (in a trailer somewhere in alabama)My_Misheard_Lyricnaked as the ice of a clamActual_Lyric:naked as the eyes of a clown

Confessed_by: RobMy_Misheard_Lyric"urinate in every pew"Actual_Lyric:"hearing aids in every pew"

Confessed_by: paul jMy_Misheard_LyricI thought it was "it's a half an enchilada when you think you're gonna drown.Actual_Lyric:it's a half an inch of water...

Confessed_by: EmilyMy_Misheard_Lyricmy dad taught my sister and I to sing "Bottomless Lake" around the age of 2, and for YEARS I thought it went "'Stead of looking at fish out the window
I wish we'd hit the bottom of the bottom o' this lake."Actual_Lyric: "'Stead of looking at fish out the window I wish we'd hit the bottom of the Bottomless Lake."

Confessed_by: RangerooMy_Misheard_Lyric"and give the girls the bench"Actual_Lyric:"and give the girls a pinch" (Fish and Whistle)

Confessed_by: mike c.My_Misheard_Lyricthe first Prine song I tried to memorize I heard it as "a bowl of
oatmeal tried to stare me down, and ONE." I constantly was wonderin' what the heck that lyric meant.Actual_Lyric:"a bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down, and WON." generic beer enlightened me one night : )

Confessed_by: Martin Adams aka MAMy_Misheard_LyricFrom : One Red Rose "Pressed between the holy half of bed.
Somehow this made sense to me, assuming of course she who knows everything slept on that side.Actual_Lyric:Pressed between the Holy Alphabet

Confessed_by: Dave StallardMy_Misheard_Lyricthey got mesmerized by alibis and limbo-dancing bears.
(Chorus from Common Sense)Actual_Lyric:They got mesmerized by lullabies and limbo danced in pairs.

Confessed_by: kevin g.My_Misheard_Lyricfix your own supper babe, I run off with a toilet brush manActual_Lyric:run off with the fuller brush man

Confessed_by: Donna P.My_Misheard_LyricHe was a self made pervert, he was grinnin' by the light of the moonActual_Lyric:I sipped bourbon and cried with a friend by the light of the moon

Confessed_by: me again - jp1fanMy_Misheard_Lyricshe coulda been less risk concernedActual_Lyric:she could've been Miss Wisconsin a long time ago

Confessed_by: jp1fanMy_Misheard_Lyricsomething about Taco BellActual_Lyric:something about chapel bell (you never can tell)

Confessed_by: jp1fanMy_Misheard_Lyricthe wife beater's on the runActual_Lyric:"The white meat is on the run..."